Describe yourself in three words:

Dedicated, collaborative, patient.

What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile device)?

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A book I’ve been perusing for work projects is by Lee Vinsel and Andrew L. Russell. It deals with the shortcomings of prioritizing innovation and disruption at the expense of the maintenance, care, and upkeep of what we already have.

For leisure reading, I just finished the short novel , written by Genki Kawamura. It’s a touching philosophical story about life, death, and what really matters.

Describe ACRL in three words:

Community, evolving, resourceful.

What do you value about ACRL?

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Having access to the wide-ranging ACRL community through email lists is probably the most valuable aspect of ACRL to me. UCSF is a research-intensive, health sciences-focused university, so I value getting to hear perspectives from different types of libraries. I consider C&RL and C&RL News essential publications for academic libraries, and I participate in ACRL-affiliated activities such as the OpenCon Community calls and the ACRL/SPARC Forum.

What do you as an academic librarian contribute to your campus?

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I work with UCSF students, faculty, and staff on a variety of scholarly communication topics. My expertise is in scholarly publishing, open access models and policies, author copyrights, researcher identity platforms, and methods for capturing and assessing research attention and impact.

My contributions include one-on-one consultations to help early career researchers identify relevant journals for publication, presentations to a class about how to avoid questionable (also called “predatory”) publishers, and teaching workshops on publishing and research impact in our research reproducibility series.

A project I’ve been overseeing for the last year is a faculty-funded needs assessment and feasibility study for establishing a scientific writing, editing, and communications center to serve all of UCSF.

In your own words

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Having unique expertise in the library helps establish the library as an essential unit and partner within the academy. Researchers are focused on their research and advancing their careers rather than learning the ins and outs of open access publisher agreements or the specifics of author copyright policies. As a librarian, I’m well-poised to immerse myself in these areas and can be a resource for authors who are overwhelmed by these often complicated aspects of publication. There are lots of examples like this in my library and at others where a niche service or expertise has been developed that either complements existing services on campus or fills a gap.

Pronouns:she/her/hers

Credentials:MLIS

Title:Head of Scholarly Communication

Workplace:University of California, San Francisco

Location:San Francisco, CA